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what kind of Bird are you?
Rina Banerjee 21 Mar - 26 Apr 2025 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present ' what kind of Bird are you?' , the debut solo exhibition in China by Indian-American artist Rina Banerjee (b. 1963, Kolkata, India). Featuring sculptures, paintings and mixed-media works on paper, the exhibition showcases Banerjee's ongoing exploration of postcolonial diasporic identity and... Read more -
Winter Theatre
Li Ran, Ming Wong, Samson Young 11 Jan - 1 Mar 2025 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present Winter Theatre , a group exhibition featuring artists, Li Ran, Ming Wong, and Samson Young. The exhibition looks at the ways in which these artists convey identities and construct narratives. In many of Ming Wong 's (b. 1971, Singapore) video works, he... Read more -
Tomoko Kashiki
Tomoko Kashiki 2 Nov - 28 Dec 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tomoko Kashiki (b.1982, Kyoto). This travelling exhibition from the gallery's Tokyo space will feature 8 paintings and several drawings. Tomoko Kashiki paints figures that are situated in spaces such as rooms and aquariums, often with strange... Read more -
It is scary, also infinite, and perhaps cyclical
Tsuyoshi Hisakado 13 Sep - 26 Oct 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present the solo exhibition 'It is scary, also infinite, and perhaps cyclical' by Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Hisakado (b.1981, Kyoto). This is the artist's third solo exhibition in China and his first solo presentation at Ota Fine Arts Shanghai's Rockbund location. T he exhibition... Read more -
En route: Southeast Asia
Atreyu Moniaga, Guo-Liang Tan, Santi Wangchuan, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, Soe Yu Nwe, Zai Kuning 27 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present En route: Southeast Asia , an exhibition featuring artists from Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. The exhibition hopes to provide a window into contemporary art from Southeast Asia, where ideas of mythology, cultural traditions, heritage, identity, and history are actively interrogated. Sawangwongse... Read more -
Every Day I Pray for Love
Yayoi Kusama 1 Jun - 13 Jul 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present Every Day I Pray for Love , an exhibition of new and recent works by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The exhibition, Kusama's first at Ota Fine Arts Shanghai's Rockbund location, will feature 56 paintings from the series 'Every Day I Pray for... Read more -
Cosmic Theatre
Ming Wong 22 Mar - 4 May 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present Cosmic Theatre , a solo exhibition by Singapore-born, Berlin-based artist Ming Wong. This marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Shanghai and his third solo exhibition with Ota Fine Arts, following his Singapore and Tokyo presentations. Wong is known for his interdisciplinary... Read more -
Petite Grounds
Bubu de la Madeleine, Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Jason Lim, Guo-Liang Tan, ¥ouada, Zai Kuning 9 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present “Petite Grounds”, a group exhibition that includes works by Bubu de la Madeleine, Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Jason Lim, Guo-Liang Tan, ¥ouada and Zai Kuning. Like a synthesis of all things petite... Read more -
Landscaped Grounds
Hilmi Johandi 7 Nov - 23 Dec 2023 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present 'Landscaped Grounds', a solo exhibition by Singapore artist Hilmi Johandi. Featuring 9 new paintings as well as a recent installation piece, the presentation is a continuation of the artist’s fascination with how Singapore is portrayed through archival materials. In particular, Hilmi collects... Read more -
Tang Dixin
9 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Chinese artist, Tang Dixin . Born and raised in Hangzhou, Tang later moved to Shanghai to study painting at the Shanghai Normal University. He now lives and works in Shanghai. Tang was active in creating and producing breakthrough... Read more -
Girls being girls
Maria Farrar 21 Jul - 26 Aug 2023 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present Girls being girls , a solo exhibition by artist, Maria Farrar . This is her second solo presentation in Shanghai and will feature 12 new paintings. Born to a Filipina mother and an English father, Farrar lived in Japan from the age of... Read more -
The Uncompromising #01
Ay Tjoe Christine 26 May - 8 Jul 2023 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'The Uncompromising #01', Ay Tjoe Christine's second solo exhibition in Shanghai, China. The works on view include an installation work previously shown at ARTJOG MMXXII, 8 new paintings and several works on paper. Over the course of the pandemic, Ay Tjoe's work... Read more -
STRANGERS OF THE METAVERSE: Curated by Martin Goya Business
Bai Taotao / CATTIN TSAI + Tsui Honagi / Chen Jingyu / CHILLCHILL / LAZY BACK HOME / Lv Dian / PAPAPEPIA / MELTING WANG / ¥ouada / Zhan Qi / Zhang Wei / Zhu Jinkun 10 Nov 2021 - 8 Jan 2022 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is proud to present the latest group exhibition “Strangers of the Metaverse ” curated by Martin Goya Business (MGB). MGB is an experimental platform founded by video artist Cheng Ran in 2017 that is committed to explore unique and diversified art scenes through cooperation with different... Read more -
Habitat
Cheng Ran, Hilmi Johandi, Takao Minami, Guo-Liang Tan, Tang Dixin 7 Aug - 16 Oct 2021 Shanghai A habitat is simply a home, and can be thought of as a place where living organisms live, eat, breed in, and survive. Encompassing painting, film and photography, “Habitat” explores the varied and inventive approaches taken by 5 leading Chinese, Japanese and Singaporean artists in navigating the complex relationship between... Read more -
Idling Garden
Nobuaki Takekawa 15 May - 24 Jul 2021 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'idling garden', Nobuaki Takekawa's (b.1977, Japan) second solo exhibition in China. Takekawa's cat Olympics themed solo exhibition at Ota Fine Arts Shanghai in 2017 remains fresh and memorable in audiences' minds. This new exhibition aims to demonstrate the depth and breadth of... Read more -
Hiraki Sawa and SHINCHIKA
Hiraki Sawa, SHINCHIKA (Rinshiro Fujiki, Yosuke Fujino, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Toki Katsumura, Shimpei Yoshikawa) 13 Mar - 30 Apr 2021 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a duo exhibition of artist Hiraki Sawa and creative group SHINCHIKA. SHINCHIKA is a collective founded in 2002 by Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Yosuke Fujino, Rinshiro Fujiki, Shimpei Yoshikawa and Toki Katsumura from the Kyoto City University of Arts. Their name was inspired by the... Read more -
Works on Paper
Maria Farrar, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tang Dixin 23 Jan - 6 Mar 2021 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Works on Paper', an exhibition where paper is used as a common medium among four artists including Maria Farrar, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado and Tang Dixin. Maria Farrar 's (b.1988) pastel drawings are imbued with bright and varied colors. The Covid-19 pandemic... Read more -
Spring
Maria Farrar 11 Nov 2020 - 31 Jan 2021 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present Spring, a solo exhibition by the London-based painter Maria Farrar featuring 11 new paintings. It will be Farrar's third exhibition with the gallery, and her first in Shanghai. Since completing her Master's degree in 2017, Farrar has received a reputation for her... Read more -
Yayoi Kusama: Recent Paintings
Yayoi Kusama 6 Sep - 24 Oct 2020 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present YAYOI KUSAMA: RECENT PAINTINGS , a solo exhibition by Yayoi Kusama featuring 15 monochrome paintings from her My Eternal Soul series and a cloud-based sculpture installation consisting pieces of mirror-finished stainless steel three-dimensional pieces. In 2019, Kusama began working on a group... Read more -
When many pass one way…
Akira the Hustler, Chen Wei, Jong YuGyong and ¥ouada 20 Jun - 22 Aug 2020 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'When many pass one way...' a group exhibition featuring bold and dynamic artists from China and Japan. The title of this exhibition is referenced from Chinese writer, Lu Xun's famous novel entitled 'My Old Home', where he asserted 'for actually the earth... Read more -
Private Viewing Room
Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Nobuaki Takekawa 11 Apr - 6 Jun 2020 Shanghai Due to the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) situation, Ota Fine Arts Shanghai's private viewing room will feature works by Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa and Nobuaki Takekawa in a private viewing room style. To request a list of works or make an appointment, kindly... Read more -
Wanderers
Cheng Ran, Takao Minami and Hiraki Sawa 11 Jan - 28 Mar 2020 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Wanderers', a group exhibition that features Chinese artist, Cheng Ran (born 1981), and Japanese artists, Takao Minami (born 1976) and Hiraki Sawa (born 1977). As avid explorers, these artists have embarked on excursions in travel that are made without agendas. Drawing on a... Read more -
Tomoko Kashiki | Stories Told Tomorrow
Tomoko Kashiki 7 Nov 2019 - 4 Jan 2020 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Stories Told Tomorrow', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Tomoko Kashiki (Kyoto, 1982). The exhibition marks Kashiki's first solo presentation in China, where she will showcase 8 new paintings and sketched drawings. Tomoko Kashiki's paintings pulsate between reality and imagination, confronting the... Read more -
Greasy Spoon: Made by Martin Goya Business
Bai Taotao, Chai Chai, Chen Gaojie, ChillChill, Da Mian, Nathan Zhou, Nerve CLUB (Zhu Jinkun, Wang Zhangyipeng, Pan Yiliang, He Jiaxuan, Fan Wendi), PAPAPEPIA, TOP30, Wu Junyong, ¥ouada, Yu Hang, Zhang Wenxin, Zhao Rundong, Zheng Tianming, Zhou Yilun 18 Sep - 26 Oct 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is proud to present the group exhibition 'Greasy Spoon', curated by Martin Goya Business (MGB). MGB was founded as an artist collective by video artist, Cheng Ran in 2017. Through collaborations with different artists, the collective is committed to breaking through existing modes of art presentations... Read more -
Desert Garden
Akira the Hustler, Etsu Egami, Masanori Handa, Jong YuGyong, 17 Aug - 12 Sep 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Desert Garden', a group exhibition featuring eight artists from China, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Through the diversity of works presented, the exhibition hopes to create a new landscape, a possible horizon, and a place of beauty and imagination. ¥ouada's (b.1987) whimsical cactus-shaped... Read more -
Fuzz
Tsuyoshi Hisakado 15 Jun - 10 Aug 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Fuzz', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Tsuyoshi Hisakado (Kyoto, 1981). Hisakado will present his large-scale installation of the same name alongside his 'Crossfades' series of works on paper. Tsuyoshi Hisakado is inspired to discover the uniqueness, beauty and the enduring effects... Read more -
Umeda + Sawa
Tetsuya Umeda, Hiraki Sawa 13 Apr - 1 Jun 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present a duo exhibition featuring works by Japanese artists, Tetsuya Umeda (b.1980) and Hiraki Sawa (b.1977). From capturing environments, architectural spaces, sound, light and interactive human behaviour, Tetsuya Umeda's practice covers an extensive range. He remodels and creates on-site installations from everyday objects,... Read more -
Yayoi Kusama: Prints
Yayoi Kusama 25 Jan - 30 Mar 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Yayoi Kusama: Prints', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama (born 1929, Japan). The exhibition features a set of colored woodblock prints, early mixed media works and 30 recent prints made between 2011 and 2012. These prints were based on small... Read more -
Yayoi Kusama | THE LONGING FOR MY LOVE ALL BEGAN FROM MY HEART
Yayoi Kusama 7 Nov 2018 - 20 Jan 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'THE LONGING FOR MY LOVE ALL BEGAN FROM MY HEART', a solo exhibition by Yayoi Kusama featuring 34 paintings from her 'My Eternal Soul' series, a peep-in Infinity Mirror Room and several soft sculptures. As an internationally-acclaimed artist, Kusama's practice remains vigorous,... Read more -
Ay Tjoe Christine | The Black Side
Ay Tjoe Christine 29 Sep - 31 Oct 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'The Black Side' a solo exhibition by Ay Tjoe Christine, one of Southeast Asia's most prominent female painters. For this exhibition, Ay Tjoe presents two new paintings together with four other paintings from her recent retrospective exhibition held at the 21st Century... Read more -
Cheng Ran | The Lament: Mountain Ghost
Cheng Ran 18 Aug - 23 Sep 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'The Lament: Mountain Ghost', a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Cheng Ran. The exhibition presents Cheng's latest video work series of the same name and several mixed-media installations, creating an art experience that shuttles across time. Cheng, who currently resides in Hangzhou,... Read more -
Guo-Liang Tan and Zang Kunkun | Ethereal Machines
Guo-Liang Tan and Zang Kunkun 7 Jul - 12 Aug 2018 Shanghai Mai 36 Galerie and Ota Fine Arts Shanghai are delighted to present 'Ethereal Machines', a dual exhibition that brings together Chinese artist Zang Kunkun and Singapore artist Guo-Liang Tan. Strikingly different at first glance, Zang and Tan share more conceptual similarities that are awaiting to be discovered by its viewers,... Read more -
Liao Jiekai and Saskia Olde Wolbers | Telling Tales
Liao Jiekai and Saskia Olde Wolbers 12 May - 1 Jul 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Telling Tales', the duo presentation of Singapore artist, Liao Jiekai, and Dutch artist, Saskia Olde Wolbers. Three video works, 'Yes, These Eyes are the Windows' (2015) by Saskia Olde Wolbers will be shown alongside 'Bukit Orang Salah' (2013) and 'Silent Light' (2015)... Read more -
Tsuyoshi Hisakado | Gale
Tsuyoshi Hisakado 24 Mar - 6 May 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Gale', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Tsuyoshi Hisakado. Hisakado first presented 'Gale' at the Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto 'Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition.' The work was site-specific and was presented with the unique structural hoardings in the corner... Read more -
Gallery Collection
Ay Tjoe Christine, Chen Wei, Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Yayoi Kusama, Dennis Oppenheim, Wang Yahui, Saskia Olde Wolbers 20 Jan - 18 Mar 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present Gallery Collection, a group exhibition featuring eight artists from across the globe: China, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, The Netherlands and U.S.A. These artists are of diverse backgrounds working in a variety of mediums - painting, photography, video and sculpture. Each of them have... Read more -
Cat Olympics: in memory of Torajiro
Nobuaki Takekawa 8 Nov 2017 - 7 Jan 2018 Shanghai For its inaugural exhibition, Ota Fine Arts Shanghai will feature a solo presentation by Japanese artist, Nobuaki Takekawa, titled 'Cat Olympics: in memory of Torajiro'. Cat Olympics: in memory of Torajiro is inspired by the 2020 Olympics to be hosted by Tokyo, Japan. On a more personal level, the exhibition... Read more
